Safety-match.



PATENTED MAP.. 17, 1908 G. E. SCHULTZ.

SAFETY MATCH.

Lzwuow FILED JAN.12,10 6.

RENEWED JAN. 25.1908.

GEORGE SCLIULTZ, Oli" NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY-MATCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March it?, 1908.

Aplication tiled January 12, 1906, Serial No. 295,741. Renewed January25, 1908. Serial No. @2,635

To all 'whom it 'may concer/nk l Be it known that i, Gnoiior: E.SCnUL'rz, :i

citizen of tho United States, und :i resident of the city ol' New York,borough of Manhattan, in the county, unii State ol' New York, havo Kinventd a new and Improved Saetyshhttch,

of which the following is :i full, clear, and oxact tlgscription.;

' Many forms of safety matches have boon lOzdO/Wfised in which thvynnitoh itself carries :in ignition composition ior nsoy in lightinw'.thoI match. These hav@ usually hoon exposml, however, to Wear on theontsidc of tho iinitoh and they have therefor@ boon so lor-:ittici thatit carried in certain ways the ignition inzit@- riztl would he rubbediol?, rind also it' the 'matches were plno'vd in zi Confined space orpocket there was danger that tho burning composition on onfy nnitchWonid conm in Contact with the ignition composition on nnother and the,match or matches take 'lira itccidentally. These matches have also boonopen to Certain other objections,

The principal objects of the present invenio'nition strip, mass o1'composition so pir vd that there vwill be, no danger ol accidents.ignition and no langer of subjecting tho ignitingr Composition to Wear.

l Reference is to be had to the` accompany ing d nwings loi-ming ii pzntof this specification, in which similar characters of relai-onceindicato corresponding parts in all the iighres.

Figure l .is :i sido olevattion showing my invention in it Vory simpl@yforni Fig. 2 is n View illustrating tho nmnnm' .in which the match isused for lightingl and F 3 and i are new speotivv 'views showing;`othi-"r Yforms in which the inontion can ho Constructed.

A niiitczh a. provided as usual with u imm-ing composition b. .At ipoint naar its lowfr sini the match is proi'icloii with n thiulwncilportion c in nhirh i provide it slit ai. rlhis slit Extends prrfcrnhlynt :in acute. angle 'from the edge of the mnu-h so that when the matchis lin/nt from its vnlls il will break nor-iss the 'Wood or oth-or,nniturinl oi tion are to provido :i snloty inntch with an position onone oi' the which it is constrnctoil on n lint4 @Houding l from tht`inne-r @inl ol' thrslil, the proportions being so oalcnlniod that thisrosnt will uniformly be obtnincrl. Vent the match from boing'brokennooit eng intim-ont to sfiiil thiciii l mg :in igi But 1n orner io .re-1 tally at this point 'the thickened pmtion made 'ust wide enoiwh to:illon room for tho slit incl piece ol soiitl mntnrial at the en of theslit only slightly snniller in cxtvn l' ihr-n the balance oi" thi match.in hfy forni shown in Fig. 1 these parts :iro nrrinigml in zt verysiinpio nninncr, but the iorins vshown in Figs. inni 4. aro constrnotmlin :i way 'which I regard as hotter, the parts being thiclicr it pointsnaar the slit than they urn at tho inner cnil of it there y insnrint`the breaking oi' :the nmtoh :it this point. On the lower sido oi thoslitv that is, the sideawny from the` lighting 'nnitorial Z1 I plans itstrip c contniinmg the igniting Composition, or l inohl the ignitingcomposition rlirootly upon the surta/.fo nl' the match this point. .inorilor to further guard. against accidental llrcfilia'@ of the match lhave shown tno son/:irrita:,menus for strengthening the match on thoopen side of the. slit.

In Fig. 3 l have shown n pieno of ghioj" or similar material secured tothe surfaces ol the match so :is to ussistin holdinrf it in mi obviousmanner, it being unrlnrstoon that the glue is sniiciently brittle topermit hrfeulinge when this is desirod.

In Fig. 4l l have. showin n. strip oi' paper or fabril.; g pasted orotherwise soeur/rl to the edge o. the match on tho opposite sirius ofthe open end of the. slit for the sumo 1i iirposo- The manner of usingtho match viii he ,remlily understood frinn in iiis'\a.:tion i-' Fig. i.@mii need not he describen in ilotnii. ".iho main adi'nntngis oi' thennitoh obtained hy any of the, throak constructions have iilnstrntad, hnt than :iro more @filo rovilled for in, the furnis shown in if 1l. Asafety match having in incision ox line extending' from the inner and nlthv incision :nross the match, and an igniinff r suriinxos oi' the iin'i2. A. niaitoh hariw? .a nninr one cmi, :ind :1r

n. tiiiohonfxl portion .-.niinml inf-Gioi: located n in tion nne'l huilitil i on the surface; the iighting composi- .iing' rompt thsrvoi'izirthest from tion.

3. A match, the stick of which is adapted to be separated into twoparts, said parts having espectively burning and i. ntion Compositionsthereon, and the match iaving means for liomifiliy potcting the ignitioncomposition.

n estimon'y Wheieof I have signed my am@ tov this specification in thepresence of 2 two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE E. SCHULTZ.

Witnesses:

JNO-M, RITTER, ALBERT E. FAY.'

